It hasn’t been a real good end of the week. I got a message last night that my sister has more health issues that need addressing, although this morning it looks like perhaps not as serious as I had thought. But still worrisome and involving things I’ll have to follow-up on.
Then my quest to deal with cataracts hit a snag. I had an exam and consultation with one of Straub’s surgeons yesterday, and came away less than satisfied. I was given the impression they do not offer the full range of options in their cataract surgeries, aiming instead for the plain vanilla solutions that are mostly covered by insurance and avoiding the more specialized or premium options. That’s fine, except I really wanted to get a sense of the range of options available, so that I can then choose the one that offers the best in my particular case. Straub didn’t deliver that. So I’ve made an appointment with one of the other doctors recommended by several people in comments here, but that means another six week delay. I’m unhappy about that, but have to be patient.
I’m short of cat photos this week, so Feline Friday will be a bit delayed today.
And to top it off, the Interior Department’s announcement of the final version of its proposed rule on Native Hawaiian governance means I’ll have to wade through the fine print of the final rule to see what’s there.
In the meantime, you might want to listen to all or part of the Town Square program which aired last night on Hawaii Public Radio (“Media Coverage During Elections“). We didn’t get many calls, but our discussion raised quite a few interesting issues.
This week on Town Square, looking at how the media and reporters in particular cover political campaigns. Does local and National media coverage generally enlighten or confuse voters? Do reporters focus on things that help us make informed choices or do they just look for scandal and controversy? We’ll take up these questions with award-winning investigative reporter and columnist Ian Lind, long time Hawaii journalist Denby Fawcett, and Honolulu Civil Beat reporter Nick Grube.
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While your faithful followers do miss a daily post now and then, it seems to me from this . . .
“And to top it off, the Interior Department’s announcement of the final version of its proposed rule on Native Hawaiian governance means I’ll have to wade through the fine print of the final rule to see what’s there.”
. . . that some of your burdens are self-imposed. Native Hawaiian governance is a ways off . . . surely you can wait a day or two to walk down the Department of the Interior’s “pathway.”
Take a deep breath.
Brother Ian, maybe you can take a week off from Feline Friday. We all love keeping up with your cats, but you seem to have a full plate this week.
Sorry to read that your sister is confronting more health challenges!
First of all, here’s hoping for the best in you and your sister’s health conditions.
With all due respect to your Town Square forum, I don’t think the right questions were being asked. “Do reporters focus on things that help us make informed choices or do they just look for scandal and controversy?” Sometimes, deliberately ignoring controversies and scandals is itself a problem as it relates to the bigger issue of mainstream media bias. I’m sure Dems would love it if things like leaked emails touching upon bonafide campaign issues (i.e. DNC rigging of the primary process, HRC’s incompetence in handling classified material, etc.) are considered one and the same as tawdry stuff like Andrew Wiener sexting minors.
THE question that should really be asked is: Why is it that the public’s trust and confidence in the media at an all time low, as shown in a recent Gallup poll.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/195542/americans-trust-mass-media-sinks-new-low.aspx
Did anyone recommend Worldster Lee for cataracts? My parents were very satisfied.
Because the media does not tell us anything that improves prospects of solution. They don’t give us the real pinions of the problem. Most media is so biased or shallow that they are not worth reading- except a few, of course. .
Wish I could reprint the Funny Times cartoon, but the presidential debate moderator, after listing 20 major issues, is saying, “Any other topics we should ignore?”
One of the several issues he doesn’t mention is corporate owned media!